Tampa’s celebration of Israel’s 64th year of independence promises to include plenty of Israeli food, music, dancing, two big announcements and plenty of fun.
The celebration is on Sunday, May 6 from noon to 4 p.m. at the Straz Performing Arts Center’s outdoor pavilion along the Tampa Riverwalk. There is no charge to attend. More...

WASHINGTON – One by one, the emails from the White House arrived in inboxes across Washington on Monday morning, April 23 each highlighting a unique initiative toward a different corner of the globe: Syria. Iran. Uganda. More...

Aliyah, immigrant absorption in Israel, and connecting Jews around the world to each other and to Israel are just abstract concepts to many Jews but not to those such as Margot Benstock of Seminole and Lili Kaufmann of Tampa. More...

Widow of victim of terror in Toulouse lights memorial flame in Jerusalem

By SARAH BRONSON for the Jewish Agency

By the end of the third video, sniffles were audible around the amphitheater. Thousands of Jews from around the world gathered in Israel April 25, at the Latrun memorial for fallen soldiers of the Israeli Armored Corps to mark Yom Hazikaron, (Memorial Day). The holiday honors soldiers killed while defending the Jewish State and honors Jewish victims of terror. More...